Roshan D'Souza received the Distinguished Career Award.
HOUGHTON -- A Michigan Tech professor is being recognized for his research in computer modeling biological processes.
The National Science Foundation recently gave Assistant Professor Roshan D'Souza the Distinguished Career Award, given to only 15 people in the country each year.
That award gives him $400,000 during the next four years toward his research.
He's working on computer programs that will model the natural world, like the immune system, and carry out millions of programs at one time on one computer, something that only supercomputers can do right now.
"I am hoping and I think it will be possible, will spur more research, basically applying agent-based modeling to lots of problems in biology, epidemiology, ecology, homeland security and so on and so forth," said Mechanical Engineer Roshan D'Souza.
A total of 24 Michigan Tech researchers have received the NSF award since 1995.
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